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2010 QUILT CHALLENGES:
1) LIGHTHOUSE HOLIDAY STOCKING.  STOCKING CAN BE NO LONGER THAN 20 INCHES.  STOCKING CAN BE ANY TECHNIQUE AND MADE FROM MATERIALS OF YOUR CHOICE.  DUE AT MARCH, 2010 MEETING IN AN OPAQUE PACKAGE WITH NAME PINNED TO ITEM.

2) KATHARINE LEE BATES QUILT MADE USING THE POEM GOODY SANTA CLAUSE ON A SLEIGH-RIDE BY KATHARINE LEE BATES, PUBLISHED IN 1889.  CHOOSE A STANZA OR LINE FROM THE POEM.  QUILT MUST MEASURE 12" X 18".  ANY TECHNIQUE OR FABRIC MAY BE USED. THE STANZA OR LINE MUST BE PRINTED ON FABRIC ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF THE QUILT OR BE PART OF THE QUILT.  THE QUILTS WILL BE SUBMITTED AT THE APRIL, 2010 MEETING IN AN OPAQUE PACKAGE WITH NAME PINNED TO THE QUILT.

KEEP WORKING ON YOUR COMFORT QUILTS.  THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED ALL YEAR.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO DATE.  ANYONE INTERESTED IN DECIDING ON THE COMFORT QUILT PATTERNS FOR 2010, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

RAFFLE QUILT:  WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF BLOCKS FOR THE 2010 RAFFLE QUILT.  
THE PATTERN IS COBBLESTONE NICKELS AND DIMES.
YOU WILL BE MAKING 2 BLOCKS USING A LIGHT AND DARK BATIK.  THINK OF THE BLOCKS AS SQUARES WITH A BORDER.  COMBINE LIGHT CENTER SQUARES WITH DARK BORDERS FOR BLOCK A AND DARK CENTERS WITH LIGHT BORDERS FOR BLOCK B.  YOU WILL USE THE SAME FABRIC FOR BOTH BLOCKS REVERSED.
USE TONE ON TONE, MUTED OR SOLID BATIKS.   WE FOUND THAT BUSY BATIK PRINTS DID NOT WORK WELL FOR THIS QUILT.
FROM LIGHT  BATIK:   CUT 1-  2 1/2" SQUARE                    ,
                                              2 - 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 RECTANGLES
                                              2 - 1 1/2 X 4 1/2 RECTANGLES
FROM DARK BATIK:     CUT 1 - 2 1/2" SQUARE
                                              2 - 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 RECTANGLES
                                              2 - 1 1/2 X 4 1/2 RECTANGLES
TO MAKE BLOCK A:     STITCH DARK 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 RECTANGLES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF A LIGHT CENTER SQUARE.  PRESS SEAM AWAY FROM CENTER SQUARE.  ADD THE MATCHING 1 1/2 X 4 1/2 PIECES TO TOP AND BOTTOM.  PRESS.
TO MAKE BLOCK B:   REPEAT STEPS ABOVE SEWING LIGHT SIDES TO DARK CENTER SQUARES.
YOUR BLOCK SHOULD MEASURE 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 - DO NOT TRIM